Nederlandsche Kleederdragten naar de Natuur Geteekend Costumes des Pays-Bas
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Nederlandsche Kleederdragten naar de Natuur Geteekend Costumes des Pays-Bas
Bing, Valentyn; and Von Ueberfeldt, Braet
Frand Buffa en Zonen; Amsterdam: Frans Buffa, 1857
Folio, 480 x 335 mm. Bound in later 1/4 leather over marbled boards. Shelf worn at extremities. Title, contents leaf, and 14 leaves of text descriptions. Collated. 56 hand-finished color tinted plates (Plates 9-12 bound out of order). 3 plates slightly trimmed and with amateur restoration. A few plates with slight marginal damp staining. Moderate toning and scattered foxing.
Rare folio work on the costumes of the Low Countries. Landwehr calls this "the most variegated costume book of the Low Countries". A "second series" of 18 additional plates was published in 1859. Ref: Colas 333.